We thank the Ontario Trillium Foundation for their financial support to our membership development and land stewardship programs.
The Ontario Trillium Foundation is an agency of the Government of Ontario.

The Bruce Trail is a public footpath running from Niagara to Tobermory. It is entirely built and maintained by volunteers for the purpose of protecting the Niagara Escarpment, the most significant landform in southern Ontario.

The Bruce Trail is a footpath.

Bicycles, motorized vehicles, and horses are not allowed except along road sections of the Trail and in those few areas where explicit permission is posted.

This applies to both the main Trail (marked with white blazes) and Side Trails (blue blazes).

There are three compelling reasons for this:

1) Respecting landowner wishes

More than half the Bruce Trail is on private
land with the permission of the landowner. This permission is for pedestrian use only. Any other use could cause the landowner to require removal of the Trail from his or her land.

2) Safety

The Trail has many bends, twists and steep hills. Sharing
it with bicycles, vehicles or horses can be dangerous. Our priority is the
safety of hikers so that they don't have to worry about what is coming
around the next bend.

3) Ecological protection

Bicycles, vehicles, and horses can damage the Trail which has been created and maintained for pedestrian use. These uses can also have negative
ecological effects on the soil, plants and animals along the Trail.

Our goal is to create and maintain a Trail that
produces the least possible ecological footprint, but still offers an
amazing experience to Trail users.